Re: [xsl] sub element selection

[Greg Faron <gfaron at integretechpub dot com>]

At 11:16 AM 4/16/2002, Jeni wrote:
>Hi Pete,
>
>you can just use . to mean "the value of the current node":
>
>[snip example]
>
>you could use xsl:choose instead:
>
>[snip alternate]
>
>The easiest way to get hold of that is to go up to the Communication 
>element and then down again to the CommunicationNumber element:
>This gives:
>
>[snip merged example]
>
>In this case it makes more sense to me to match the Communication elements 
>and refer to the CommunicationType and CommunicationNumber children as follows:
>
>[snip another alternate]
>
>And since you're doing roughly the same for each of them, I'd be
>tempted to put the xsl:choose within the xsl:with-param rather than
>having two separate calls, although on the other hand this does assume
>that the CommunicationType is either 'DAYPHONE' or 'EMAIL', which
>might not be a valid assumption:
>
>[snip single all-encompassing template]
>
>In your 'makeProperty' template, it would also probably be simpler if
>you used attribute value templates rather than xsl:attribute:
>
>[snip attribute example]
>
>Or of course you could do the whole thing in one template if you
>wanted:
>
>[snip tiny template]
>
>In XSLT 2.0, even simpler:
>
>[snip smallest yet]
>
>Jeni

Or you can just use XSLT 4.2 and type:
<b9/>

   Goodness Jeni, never let it be said that you give half-assed 
answers.  We all appreciate it.  :)


Greg Faron



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